News – updates from the Yeo valley trust

  • 200 Club Draw 11 – May 2026 results

    Draw No.11 took place on Saturday, 9th May, at Snapper Halt, drawn by one of the “Snapper Navvies”, Graham Lee. May’s winners are: All proceeds from the 200 Club go towards supporting our volunteers in restoring and maintaining the trackbed and associated properties. New numbers are available for £12 per year. Further details, including our…

  • 200 Club Draw 10 results

    Draw No.10 took place on Saturday, 11th April, at Snapper Halt, drawn by one of the “Snapper Navvies”, Graham Lee. April’s winners are: All proceeds from the 200 Club go towards supporting our volunteers in restoring and maintaining the trackbed and associated properties. New numbers are available for £12 per year. Further details, including our…

  • Start of a new chapter for the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Project

    The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway (L&BR) Trust and the Barnstaple & Yeo Valley Railway (B&YVR) Trust are pleased to announce the start of a new chapter for the last great narrow-gauge adventure in Exmoor and North Devon. Both organisations recognise the scale of their joint ambition to restore the world-famous railway and understand that cooperation…

  • 200 Club Draw 9 results

    Draw No.9 took place on Saturday, 14th March, at Snapper Halt, drawn by one of the “Snapper Navvies”, Rob Sadd. March’s winners are: All proceeds from the 200 Club go towards supporting our volunteers in restoring and maintaining the trackbed and associated properties. New numbers are available for £12 per year. Further details, including our…

  • trackbed Trails 48, now online

    Trackbed Trails, the newsletter of Exmoor Associates, now combined with B&YVRT, Edition 48 was sent to all EA/BYVRT Shareholders, Members, Supporters and Friends in January, carrying exciting news of our recent land purchase! This is now available to all online, from the EA website: https://www.exmoor-associates.co.uk/trackbed-trails/

  • 200 Club Draw 8 results

    Draw No.8 took place on Saturday, 14th February, at Snapper Halt, drawn by one of the “Snapper Navvies”, Anne Belsey. February’s winners are: All proceeds from the 200 Club go towards supporting our volunteers in restoring and maintaining the trackbed and associated properties. New numbers are available for £12 per year. Further details, including our…

  • 200 Club Draw 7 results

    Draw No.7 took place on Saturday, 11/01/2026, at Snapper Halt. January’s winners are: All proceeds from the 200 Club go towards supporting our volunteers in restoring and maintaining the trackbed and associated properties. New numbers are available for £12 per year. Further details, including our application form, are available from our website page: https://yvt.org.uk/200club/

  • 200 Club Draw 6 results

    Draw No.6 took place on Saturday, 13/12/2025, at Snapper Halt. December’s winners are: All proceeds from the 200 Club go to supporting our volunteers in restoring and maintaining the trackbed and associated lands. New numbers are available for £12 per year. Further details including our application form is available from our website page: https://yvt.org.uk/200club/

  • 200 Club Draw 5 results

    Draw 5 took place on 8/11/2025. (Draws will now take place on the second Saturday of each month.) Winners are as follows: 1st: Number 022, Peter Marriott, from Giltbrook, Notts. – £53.00 2nd: Number 099, Bill Eaton, from Bittaford, Devon – £12.00 3rd: Number 117, John Hedderley, from Budleigh Salterton, Devon – £6.00

  • New name – same Objectives!

    The Yeo Valley Trust has now officially changed its name to the Barnstaple & Yeo Valley Railway Trust. The Trustees decided to do this to better reflect the Objects of the Trust, which have not changed. At present, the bank account continues as the “Yeo Valley Trust” until advised otherwise. Look out for our new website – https://byvrt.org.uk/…

  • 200 Club Draw 4 results

    Draw 4 took place on 28/10/2025. The winners are as follows: 1st: Number 052, Mike Buse, from Chelmsford, Essex – £50.00 2nd: Number 106, Cliff Maddock from Reading, Berks – £12.00 3rd: Number 044, Richard Haste from York, N.Yorks – £6.00

  • 200 Club Draw 3 results

    Draw 3 took place on 26/09/2025. The winners are as follows: 1st: Number 103, Cliff Maddock from Reading, Berks – £40.00 2nd: Number 078, Phil Heathcote from Barnstaple, Devon – £12.00 3rd: Number 040, Chrissy Barnard from Malton, N.Yorks – £6.00

  • 200 Club Draw 2 results

    Draw 2 took place on 29/08/2025. The winners are as follows: 1st: Number 030, Jo Roesen from Chipping Camden, Gloucs – £38.00 2nd: Number 088, Jose Kimber from Tiverton, Devon – £12.00 3rd: Number 092, Jose Kimber from Tiverton, Devon – £6.00

  • EA/YVT Autumn Meeting

    This year’s Exmoor Associates and Yeo Valley Trust Autumn Shareholders Meeting has a new venue! Taking place at 10:00 am on Sunday, 28th September, the meeting will now be hosted by the Growforward Project at Chelfham, by kind permission of the Project leader, Danny Argent. Shareholders, supporters and guests are welcome to attend. The address is:  The…

  • 200 Club Draw 1 results

    Draw 1 took place on 31/07/2025. The winners are as follows: 1st: Number 018, Barry Marshall from Bideford, N. Devon – £33.00 2nd: Number 008, Barry Marshall from Bideford, N. Devon – £12.00 3rd: Number 037, Malcolm Barnard from Malton, N.Yorks – £6.00

  • Support YVT with Easyfundraising

    Every online purchase you make could help raise much-needed funds for the Yeo Valley Trust – at no cost to you! Just a handful of supporters have raised over £500 so far. Use the QR Code or URL above, or visit https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/yeo-valley-trust/ for more details and to sign up to this scheme. Remember, it will…

  • YVT 200 Club Launched

    On 17 May 2025, as Chelfham Viaduct was open to the public for the first time ever, and in celebration of Rail 200, ‘200 years of rail travel’, The Yeo Valley Trust launched The Yeo Valley Trust 200 Club. Membership of the 200 Club costs just £12 per year, and it aims to provide materials…

  • Latest Viaduct Views published

    Issue 6 of the YVT Newsletter, ‘Viaduct Views’, along with Exmoor Associates’ Trackbed Trails issue 44, was sent out to all EA shareholders and YVT supporters last month. Viaduct Views 6 is now available online for download, see this and all previous editions at https://yvt.org.uk/viaduct-views/

  • Barnstaple railway Exhibition

    The YVT and Exmoor Associates provided material to support the Barnstaple Railway Exhibition 16-20 December 2023. The Exhibition was put on by Barnstaple Town Council and covered all the lines radiating from Barnstaple, including “ours”. The model railway on display was depicting the L&BR and was operational throughout the 5 days. (picture from Barry Marshall)

  • Latest Viaduct Views published

    Issue 5 of the YVT Newsletter, ‘Viaduct Views’, along with Exmoor Associates’ Trackbed Trails issue 42, has now been sent out to all EA shareholders and YVT supporters Viaduct Views 5 is now available online for download, see this and all previous editions at https://yvt.org.uk/viaduct-views/

  • Online Donations

    Yeo Valley Trust, working closely with Exmoor Associates, recently launched an ambitious project to purchase the former Chelfham Mill School site for eventual use by the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway. The YVT website now offers secure online donations and even Gift Aid declarations in conjunction with CAF see ytv.org.uk/chelfham-mill-appeal/donate/ for further details.

  • Viaduct Views 4

    Viaduct Views 4 – a special edition recently distributed to EA & YVA shareholders and supporters – featuring the launch of our campaign to buy Chelfham Mill is now available online for download, see this and all previous editions at https://yvt.org.uk/viaduct-views/

  • Chelfham Mill

    The Trustees have decided that since the site of the school is still unsold for the housing development for which permission was obtained in 2021, the YVT will seek the opportunity to add it to the EA/YVT property portfolio. Its purchase by one of the “Greater L&B Railway” groups would underpin our long-term efforts to…

  • Website Launched!

    Following our recent registration with the Charity Commission, The Yeo Valley Trust has today launched its own website. The site briefly explains the history of YVT, its close association with Exmoor Associates, and links to the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway. Coming soon will be our online donation and Gift Aid facilities, and exciting news of…

  • Bratton Fleming Goods Shed

    Now that EA has obtained planning consent for the rebuild of the long-lost original building, the first phase of construction awaits the final ground plan and services design. The new shed will be the precursor to track laying in the yard and station area. The EA team will act as the YVT’s contractors, leaving the…

  • Trackbed Purchase Programme

    The recent exciting extension of EA’s trackbed North of Chelfham has more than emptied the CIC’s coffers, which were boosted by a YVT loan on this occasion. Under the Charity Commission’s rules, the Trust is not yet able to gift funds or purchase significant numbers of shares. We understand that the necessary adjustments to EA’s…